Seller

contracts. One who disposes of a thing in consideration of money; a vendor. This term is more usually applied. in the sale of chattels, that of vendor in the sale of estates. The duties of the seller are 1, to deal with fairness; 2, to deliver the thing sold at the time and place appointed, and to take care of it until delivery; but when every thing the seller has to do with the goods is complete, the property and the risk of accident to the goods, rests in the buyer, even before delivery or payment. Noy’s Max. ch. 24; 7 East, 571; 2 Bl. Com. 448; 3, to warrant the title of personal property when he sells it as his own, when it is in his possession.

2 Kent, Com. 374; 1 Ld. Raym. 593; 1 Salk. 210.

Vide Purchaser, and the authorities there cited.